Originally Posted by mac
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Published: Feb 02, 2024 at 06:00 AM

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With all the NFLs studies and testing, the concussion rate hasn't improved.

So rather than improve the quality of football equipment, the NFL now decides to screw around with game rules, trying to make the NFL into the XFL.

For linemen, padded shells are probably beneficial. They're smacking helmets repeatedly, but with less inertia/velocity. For people that actually get tackled, they are probably less useful. For high impacts like on the old kickoff where both sides had full speed built up, the two players colliding generally aren't both leading with their helmets. I think a lot of the brain damage is from more of a whiplash effect.